Abstract
Abstract It is shown that a substratum interpretation reveals a close relationship between the Sagnac- and the Aharonov-Bohm-effect. The characteristic peculiarity of the Aharonov-Bohm-effect, to produce a phase shift of the electron wave function even in the absence of any electromagnetic force fields, can be duplicated by a thought experiment for light waves in the gravitational field of a massive rotating cylinder, which demonstrates that the somewhat similar Sagnac-effect is not caused by centrifugal and Corioli’s forces, as it is sometimes claimed. In the substratum interpretation, both the Sagnac and Aharonov-Bohm effect find their explanation in a rotational motion of the substratum. If the substratum flow is irrotational, having the form of a potential vortex, these effects persist even though there are no force fields present.
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